English name: 
Dark Spreadwing

All members of the family Lestidae are distinguished by holding their wings at an angle of 45 degrees. Apart from them, there are no other dragonflies in the country that behave this way. Members of the family Lestidae (Lestidae) got their name because of the shimmer of metallic sparkling colors that characterizes them. And so the genus Lestes is also named after this shimmer (spark).

Size:  
Large damselfly (about 5 cm).

Habitat:  
Shallow, still bodies of water with abundant riparian and aquatic vegetation; prefers slightly brackish habitats (hence its Hebrew name).
The eggs are laid on aquatic plants and undergo diapause until winter, then the larvae develop relatively quickly.

Distribution: 
Almost all of Europe and into Central Asia.
Formerly there was a permanent population in Israel, but it has not been seen for several decades and is probably extinct, although some argue that hope has not yet been lost.

Season:  
Flies from late March to early July (according to data from Turkey).  

Identification marks:
The family members in the country are distinguished from one another by the metallic color of the body and the color of the pterostigma (the colored cells at the wing edge).
The body color is green and it is covered with a bluish powder. The pterostigmata are black.
From the third abdominal segment to the seventh segment there is no powdery covering and the green-bronze color is exposed.
The legs are dark.

Young individuals have a pale pterostigma.
 
Similar species:
The species of the genera Lestes and Sympecma are similar to one another, and the identification marks should be examined carefully.